i feel like yall arent interested in this.

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"louis?"

no answer.

"louis, babe," harry frowned and turned the light on. the pregnant man covered his head with his pillow and didn't respond, burrowing himself back into his hole and snuggled deeper into the bed.

harry sighs and lays behind him, propping himself on one arm as he uses the other to move louis' pillow. "baby, honey, please."

"no," louis says softly.

"i know you're upset," harry says. "but please come downstairs, niall and zayn wanna see you."

louis shakes his head. "i'm surprised they can even look at me the same, haz. i'm not leaving this room. not now, not ever."

harry chews on his lip and strokes his hair. "i know. i understand you feel that way but please just come. for tonight, we were thinking about ordering takeout and watching reruns of beavis and butthead," he finally lays back down and cuddled up against louis' back. "please, prince?"

louis closes his eyes and shakes his head. "i-i can't."

"you can," harry assures and wraps his arms around him. "i know you can."

louis whimpered against his pillow. "i killed him," he hiccuped. "i thought we were okay."

"easy," harry crooned while he propped himself up. "i know you're upset, lou. and i know this has to be hard on you, but you can not work yourself up over this. it's not good to be stressed, love. raven still has another two months to bake."

"so? i want her here now," louis wiped his bleary eyes. "i want my baby."

harry kissed his head. "i do too, and we have her right here," he places a hand on his stomach.

louis sniffled and rolled over, snuggling into harry's chest. "am i a bad person?"

"you don't have an evil bone in your body," harry frowned. "if you're a bad person over this, then i should be hit with the death penalty for how many times i have killed someone."

"but that's your job," louis tried to argue.

"and?" harry rubs his back. "your job as a parent is to protect and take care of your children, right?"

"well, yeah.."

"alright then. you did the right thing, lou. i promise. i was gonna do it if you couldn't, so he would have been dead either way," harry says and gives him a small squeeze. "do you want to take a shower with me? it'll relax your muscles, you've been laying in bed all day."

"do i stink?" louis quizzes.

"no," harry chuckles. "just wanna spend more time with you."

louis gives him a suspicious look before slowly raising up. he takes harry's hand and stands with his assistance, collapsing into his chest and wrapped his arms tightly around him.

"mine," louis says and kisses harry's collarbone.

"forever," harry promises and rubbed his back. "do you want pajamas?"

"your plaid ones," the pregnant man hums and he grabs two towels from the hallway closet, placing them in the bathroom. his lover grabs their clothes and runs the shower, pulling louis' shirt off slowly.

"i can't wait to marry you," he says. "and spend the rest of my life with you."

louis blushes and tugs on harry's belt loops. "same here, babe, i'm pretty excited."

"yeah? me too," harry grinned and louis pressed a chaste kiss to his lips. harry cupped his jaw and pressed his lips harder onto louis', taking full dominance and smirked when louis let out a shaky breath from the sudden takeover. louis leaned back against the counter and pulled harry closer, biting on his bottom lip.

"we can't keep them waiting," harry says against his mouth.

"yes we can," louis says and harry was quick to drop to his knees to pull louis' pants down and give him a little surprise.

---

"so..."

"so?"

"so what do we do?"

harry and evan turn to face louis, who was sitting with his arms across his chest.

"i'm down with never seeing another doctor a day in my life. maybe i can become amish? do it all on my own. yeah, fuck doctors," louis rambled.

"louis-" harry sighs. "we can't just drop doctors, okay? you're growing a child in your stomach. you are pregnant. and we have to make sure this child is healthy and okay. so we are getting a new doctor and if we have to, we can just keep him at gunpoint whenever he's around you," he shrugs.

"god damn it," evan groans. "be logical, boys, please."

louis slumps in his seat. "what if they end up just like doctor baugh?"

"they won't," evan promises. he gives his future son-in-law's shoulder a gentle squeeze. "i will do everything in my power to make sure you and my granddaughter are protected."

louis sniffs and nods, feeling harry sneak his hand onto louis' knee and give it a small pat. he sensed his worry and fear. he was a new parent, he was already cautious about everything but now they have to stress over a doctor. are they trustworthy? how can they know they can believe them? so much more and it keeps louis on edge.

"promise we can fix this," louis says weakly. "i can't lose her."

"i promise," evan nods. he claps his shoulder and leans back on his desk, sighing. "we can get some research done. and i'm certain you have a doppler, don't you?" he looks at louis.

louis purses his lips. "i don't think i do."

"well we can get you one just in case," evan says. "you can listen to the heartbeat anytime you want."

louis nods and rubs his stomach. "what about my medications and the ultrasounds?"

"i'm pretty sure one of us can atleast manage to get by the doctor-ish stuff on the monitor and get some pictures, love," harry says. "we aren't stupid."

louis sticks his tongue out at him and faces evan. "anything else?"

"now that you're getting closer to your due date, i was thinking about establishing more security for you," the boss crosses his arms. "have one of the lads around you at all times, have someone drive behind and in front of you, all that."

"i don't need a bodyguard, sir."

"but you do," evan argues. "what if something happens and harry, or even zayn alone can't help you? we need that third party just in case."

"he has a point," harry shrugs his shoulders. "maybe we could use it."

louis huffs and rolls his eyes. "okay, okay. but the first one to get too close is getting hit in the nads."

"i would do that anyways," his fiancé says.

louis snorted and glanced down at his tummy once he felt his daughter kick him. "i think..i guess we could do it. i just wanna keep my baby girl safe."

"as do we, son," evan said softly. he gave harry a warm smile when the boy looked up at him and made a few calls while they all sat around the office.

---

harry came home to a silent house. usually joker would bark when someone came through the door, but he didn't hear the deep loud yap when he walked in. he assumed he was upstairs in the bedroom where he usually stayed if nobody was downstairs.

harry locked the door back and made his way up the stairs, listening for louis' voice. he smiled softly when he heard his fiancé talking, he was home from work.

louis had officially taken over midday shift. he worked from six to midnight instead of six to close so that he could rest since he was nearing his due date. it was easier on his behalf since he also starting hurting more and his ankles have began to swell a little bit.

joker perched his head on his paws and his ears twitched up when he heard the doorknob twist. louis scratched his head, telling him it was okay and gave harry a sleepy smile when he saw him come in.

"hi," he says and yawned. harry said hello back and unbuttoned his shirt, shimmying it off.

"how was work?" he asked.

"tiring," the pregnant man groaned. "it was so busy. niall had to help me more than he usually does," he frowns. "i feel like i'm holding everyone back."

harry changed into some shorts and crawled onto the bed, leaning over to kiss louis' jaw. "you have a five pound baby in your belly, they shouldn't be upset if you were slacking."

"i know," louis says and lays on his side. harry lays opposite of him, grabbing louis' hand and lacing their fingers. the smaller boy grinned and rubbed his thumb over harry's ring, letting out a tiny hiccup.

"how was-" louis hiccups again, "the meeting?"

harry shrugs and resists teasing louis. "boring. evan wants us to be more aware of our surroundings."

"for our safety," louis reminds him. "not just you and me, everyone. we're in a gang, it's risky business and pretty dangerous."

"thanks, captain obvious," harry gives him a cheeky grin and louis shushes him with a peck to his lips.

"you're welcome."

joker worms his way between their legs, letting out a huff when louis laid his leg on his back. he didn't budge though, he just laid down and rested his head on harry's knee.

"do you think he will like raven?" louis asks. the thought of joker being jealous and hurting the baby was running through his mind. he loved joker with all of his heart, he was an amazing dog, but he doesn't want his daughter getting injured by a big dog and causing something severe to happen.

"i think so," harry hums. "he's already protective over us, maybe he will do the same for baby girl."

louis nods and attempts to snuggle closer to him. "i hope so, i don't want them to bump heads or anything."

"i can see raven chewing on his ears," harry snorts. "i fuck with him all the time and he doesn't do anything. he's just a big baby."

louis hums in agreement and nudges the dog with his foot. "him's a big baby, for sure. thinks he's a lap dog."

harry laughs and nods, releasing louis' hand to rest it on his side. louis tucks his head in harry's neck, basking in his scent of the cologne he always wears. it was something vanilla-ish.

"you're so sleepy," harry cooed and louis whined, pulling the blanket over them. harry rolls over and turns the lamp off, returning to his previous position and kissed louis' forehead.

"two more months," he says. "and baby raven will make her grand appearance."

"i'm so nervous," louis admits. "what if she doesn't like me?"

harry scoffs at the question. there was no way in hell raven would hate her father. louis was such a gentle and caring person, with a big heart and love for everyone. harry had no doubt that louis would be an amazing parent -- just through these past seven months, he has proved he has what it takes to care for a child. if raven were to not like him, then something had to be wrong with her.

"she'll love you more than you ever know," harry murmurs and cups his cheek. "just like me."

louis' lips twitched into a small smile and he reached up to kiss the man's chin. "i hope so."

harry wraps his arms around him and pulls him close. "i know so."

louis yawns and tucks his head under harry's chin. "i love you, haz."

"i love you more, prince. goodnight, sweets."

"goodnight," louis says and falls asleep not much longer.

harry lays there thinking about how their future will be. their daughter was already a big impact on their lives, she came out of nowhere and made harry and louis realize they had to grow up. life wasn't all fun and games. you have responsibilities, you have duties you need to do and promises you need to keep. harry has already promised to love louis until the end of time, now it's time to show raven that he will love her just the same.

just two more months.

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sorry sorry sorry for the lack of updates, i'm in a bad spot atm & its so hard for me to write. (which is why i stated at the beginning of the chapter that i feel like yall are uninterested. i barely update anymore and the key to getting reads & shit is to update & actually have a good story. i have 0 of those.) although i have updated other times, it now takes me days and even weeks to come up with a full chapter. lately i have been feeling like saying fuck it and drop everything but writing is my escape and with the shit im going through, i cant leave it. but im trying, please understand that.

i cant believe that night shift is almost at 70,000 reads. it blows my mind that people actually read this, vote on chapters and comment on everything. i never expected my teeny tiny fanfictions that i started 5 months ago would near 100k reads. holy SHIT.

thank you all for everything. next chapter (or the one after that, i havent decided yet) is HUGE :D